Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretary M.V. Govindan said the civil unrest in Manipur exposed the Janus-faced nature of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) approach to Christians, other minorities, and tribes in the country.
Mr. Govindan said the BJP courted Christians in Kerala with an eye on their votes. At the same time, Sangh Parivar cadres wantonly killed Christians in Manipur, vandalised churches, and torched their homes.
In Kerala, Mr. Govindan said, BJP leaders went around glad-handing Church leaders. Nevertheless, Sangh Parivar’s ‘pogrom’ against Christians in Manipur proved that the BJP’s made-for-television minority outreach in Kerala could not camouflage the party’s ‘fascist spots’.
